și

See also: šī, sìth, si, and Appendix:Variations of "si"

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sīc.

Conjunction

și

  1. and

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • шѝ (pre-1860s Cyrillic form)
  • ши (post-1930s Moldovan Cyrillic form)

Etymology 1

From Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”). Compare Aromanian shi. Possibly related to italian sia as in the construction sia x sia y which is equivalent to Romanian și X și Y

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Conjunction

și

  1. and

Adverb

și

  1. also
  2. even
  3. already
  4. immediately

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

și

  1. form of își in hyphenated compounds e.g. să-și

Further reading
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